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so it is finaly spring in northern BC, yes bear season is open but thats work somedays this is alot more fun and time well spent in the bush!

my brothers chesapeke (gypsy) and shroom #1 of the day
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as the day went on!
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thinking moose steak and morrals should be a good dinner!
 
I used to pick a lot of those near Canim Lake. It was a tradition in our moose camp for the kids to shoot grouse and pick morels for supper on the first day.
 
Nice collection of morels BC! I enjoy hunting for wild mushrooms & eating them as well. Late Spring has been dry in our part of Ontario, so I didn't find many morels this year. Yours look like a different variety that I find in Eastern Ontario.
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It makes my mouth water looking at those Morels. I remember, after the Okanagan Mountain fire, picking a bunch and getting on the cell phone and asking my wife to slip to town and pick up a couple of T Bone steaks. "To Die For" would probably sum it up fairly well.
 
We had lots this year,could have filled the back of my truck.But only picked about a half a bushel.Even took a bunch on the last fishing trip.A couple guys from the city :rolleyes: could not beleave how good they were & that they were wild.Just so happened there were a few growing where we camp so I showed them to them. I told them the trick is not to pick them all leave some for seed.DAN>>>:D
 
I envy you as I often have come across wild mushrooms and would surely like to enjoy them as table fare with my BBQ'd wild game and home growed potatoes. But, I don't know how to identify the poisonous ones from the edible ones. any suggestions as good reference material?

Speaking of poisonous, I found a couple of female blackwidows in my shop just yesterday, their venom is 15x more poisonous than that of a rattler. :(
 
gitrdun said:
I envy you as I often have come across wild mushrooms and would surely like to enjoy them as table fare with my BBQ'd wild game and home growed potatoes. But, I don't know how to identify the poisonous ones from the edible ones. any suggestions as good reference material?

Speaking of poisonous, I found a couple of female blackwidows in my shop just yesterday, their venom is 15x more poisonous than that of a rattler. :(
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http://www.amazon.ca/o/ASIN/0295964804/701-1486145-1459563?SubscriptionId=09FVDRT8TEJ64C2A7Y02
 
Good year for morels here in Central Ontario - they are one of the few species that can be frozen, rather than dried. Lots of folks pick the "false" morels that look like a reddish brain. I dont have the cajones to do it..
 
gitrdun said:
Speaking of poisonous, I found a couple of female blackwidows in my shop just yesterday, their venom is 15x more poisonous than that of a rattler. :(
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15x? horse####. have been bit twice. you'll feel it, you'll swell like a mofo, and you'll puke your guts up for a while, but it;s not so bad.

The female black widow spider, though it is the most venomous spider in North America, seldom causes death as it injects a very small amount of poison when it bites. Reports indicate human mortality at well less than 1% from black widow spider bites.
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http://www.desertusa.com/july97/du_bwindow.html
 
Amphibious said:
15x? horses**t. have been bit twice. you'll feel it, you'll swell like a mofo, and you'll puke your guts up for a while, but it;s not so bad.



http://www.desertusa.com/july97/du_bwindow.html
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Bull####?
CC to CC, he's not far off... If you counted rattler venom in Mg doses, it woud likely not give you any reaction...
If you took a rattler venom dose of Black widow venom, you'd likely be 15X more likely to die than from a rattler
 
gitrdun said:
I envy you as I often have come across wild mushrooms and would surely like to enjoy them as table fare with my BBQ'd wild game and home growed potatoes. But, I don't know how to identify the poisonous ones from the edible ones. any suggestions as good reference material?
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Gitrdun,

Wild mushrooms are very tasty but you are right in being cautious. I have learned a lot about wild mushrooms from my Aunt who has been collecting them for 60+ years. This is the book I recommend for Ontario mushrooms.

George

http://www.lonepinepublishing.com/cat/9781551051994

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Sesshomaru said:
I read that book, and after this I gave up the idea of picking wild mushrooms :(
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Why? What scared you off? It's an excellent book on the subject. There is no need to be scared of picking wild mushrooms if you stick to the common easily identifiable ones. You are just denieing yourself of a delicious treat. Oh well, more for me to pick :)

George
 
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